---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001718512-22-000051"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GTES"
cik: "0001718512"
company_name: "Gates Industrial Corp plc"
filed_at: "2022-10-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T00:53:12.613153+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gates Industrial appoints Fredrik Eliasson as independent director

## Summary
- Appointment effective October 24, 2022; Eliasson will stand for election at 2023 AGM.
- Compensation: $225K annual package ($100K cash retainer + $125K RSUs); RSUs vest in 1 year.
- Board determined Eliasson independent under NYSE standards; no committee assignments initially.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001718512-22-000051
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GTES
- cik: 0001718512
- company_name: Gates Industrial Corp plc
- filed_at: 2022-10-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1718512/000171851222000051/0001718512-22-000051-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1718512/000171851222000051/gtes-20221021.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001718512-22-000051
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001718512-22-000051.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001718512-22-000051.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Fredrik Eliasson was appointed as director at Gates Industrial Corp plc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On October 21, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Gates Industrial Corporation plc (the “Company”) appointed Mr. Fredrik Eliasson as a director of the Company, effective October 24, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1718512/000171851222000051/0001718512-22-000051-index.htm

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